Governor Tamaki stressed that the number of voters who said “No” in the referendum surpassed the required quarter of the voting-eligible population of 1.15 million, urging the Japanese government to suspend the Henoko base project without delay.

With regard to the ongoing crisis in Venezuela, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo issued a statement calling for putting a stop to crackdown on public protests and restoring human rights and democracy in the country.